We have heaps of cookbooks, some never even looked through

Our favourites are Cookery the Australian Way (used in Home Echo or whatever it is called now in High School). It has all the basics from pictures of cows with what cuts of meat are what to pancakes and how to cook a roast. It's absolutely dog eared so we use it heaps for various things.

Also like some Jamie Oliver recipes, his risotto is good and we use the Marie Claire Cookbook too.

Another one we use is the Victor Chang Heart Cook Book and I also use websites such as the ABC Cook and the Chef and the now defunked Ian Parmeters' Consuming Passions and print out recipes. Taste is also a good web site to sift through ideas.

My sister swears by the Cooks Companion.